University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Illl W. iiiMiii mi c iiiHin 1111 con; A IIINIII c IIINIII m tin A HINIII another, but for the purpose of securing and in- suring the welfare of society. In this address the President took for his thesis the super-university, using the term he ex- plained to direct attention to the evolutionary processes now in these institutions. The scope and function of these schools are undergoing re- definition. Commenting on one of the func- tions of the super-university , intramural and extramural instruction, Dr. Ruthven said that by offering extension courses to those who cannot afford to attend the University for the pre- scribed periods of time, universities are extend- ing the practice of the best schools of refusing to admit that brains and the opportunity to de- velop them are restricted to those persons who have adequate means. Education, he stated, does not end with col- lege, although organized and supervised study may be abandoned with the last examination. If the university may appropriately supervise study during and even prior to the college period, it is difficult to see why it may not as justifiably take an interest in the welfare of its graduates to the extent of aiding them in continuing their intellectual growth. Alumni, however, are not the only adults who can and should use the university ' s facilities. The University as the highest school in our system is the one to which most adults must turn for instruction, and the institution is not doing its full duty to society if it does not recognize the education of adults as at least a legitimate function. The alternative point of view means duplication of effort and waste of facilities. UNIVERSITY COUNCIL PLAN ADOPTED Further administrative changes went into ef- fect this year with the reorganization of the ad- ministrative committee of the University by the University Council, a move to expedite the transaction of business which formerly had been under the University Senate, a body with a membership of 531, and too large to handle the committee business easily. The University Coun- REGENT ESTHER M. CRAM REGENT RALPH STONE REGENT RICHARD R. SMITH Page T-uienty-Thret

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III! W. IIIMIII Illl CIIIHIII III! (OG IIINIII (HE IIINIII 1IIN1II to make more definite the entire field of extra- mural education, that the Department of Univer- sity Relations has been created. The work of this department is expected to meet the increasing demands of residents throughout the State for additional guidance and assistance in education. More and more each year, Dr. Ruthven has stated, society is coming to realize the value of the University. Parents who are outstripped in- tellectually by their children no longer believe that it is too late to become students. This is revealed in the demands made by matured per- sons; and the function of adult education, the fostering of extra mural and intramural activities, in the dissipation of this idea and the retrieving of abilities which secondary schools fail to de- velop. Because of this trend it has been found neces- sary to bring the services of the University into closer and more coherent relationship with vari- ous professions, welfare organizations, and agencies. President Ruthven has voiced his belief that the University is capable of promoting and fostering all intramural interests and activities which contribute to the making of a great uni- versity and still be continuously useful to the state and country at large by employing its facilities toward the solution of many problems which have an immediate and practical bearing on public welfare. He has declared that the people have a right to look to the state university in par- ticular not only for leadership in education of youth, but also for the solution of practical problems and the education of adults. If the citizens of the State are coming to appreciate education as a continuing process, we should welcome opportunities to serve them. In an address before the University Press Club on November 19 President Ruthven dis- cussed in detail the widening scope of the Uni- versity ' s activities and stated that the University as an institution is rapidly becoming the brain of society and as such should never fail in adjust- ing and directing the activities of society through any conception of its sphere of usefulness. The modern university cannot become in- tellectually exclusive. It serves the whole body and throughout life should guide it, not selfishly, nor for the good of any part at the expense of REGENT JUNIUS E. SEAL REGENT W. L. CLEMENTS REGENT JAMES O. MURFIN Page T wenty-T wo

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III! ? . IIIMIII III! CIHHIII Illl iCwAHINlil C IIINUI Illl A HINIII cil, established by the Regents on May 29, 1931, consists of 57 members including the Presi- dent, 22 other administrative officers ex officio, and 34 members who are elected by the several faculties, the number from each faculty being proportionate to the size of the school or college concerned. These latter serve as representa- tives, not individuals, so that the University has a representative government like a city council. The Senate, however, still retains certain powers of review over the legislative acts of the Uni- versity Council. The Council itself has five standing commit- tees: Program and Policy, Educational Policies, Public Relations, Student Welfare, and Plant and Equipment. These represent the major phases of faculty interest in the University and its concerns. The existing committee of the Senate, nearly thirty, are now directly responsi- ble to the council. They have been distributed among the standing committees, each of which is expected to give attention to general questions of policy arising within its scope though the for- mer committees retain their previous responsi- bilities. It is thought that the new arrangement will be much more business-like and effective. CHANCES PROPOSED In his annual report to the Regents, Presi- dent Ruthven outlined several of the major needs of the University at the present time. The need for dormitories for first year men was termed a very real one. Not because suit- able rooms are not available, but because the first year is one during which the student should receive assistance in adjusting himself and in organizing his work, it is highly desirable that these men be housed together. With the system of deferred rushing now in effect the desirability of dormitories for men is even greater than be- fore, the report stated. Among other needs of the University are listed an endowment fund for the salary of a super- REGENT R. PERRY SHORTS WEBSTER H. PEARCE, State Superintendent of Public Instruction CLARENCE S. YOAKUM, V ice-President in Charge of Educational Investigations Page Twenty-Four